Comments on: Royal Icing Consistency – What You Need to Know

By: Lisa Snyder

Lisa Snyder — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:05:29 +0000

In reply to Sherrie.

Hi Sherrie,

My favorite piping tip size for letters is a PME #1.5 tip. A lot of people cut off the tip of the piping bag and don’t use a piping tip. I’m practicing that now! LOL Hopefully I’ll have some new tutorials on how to do that soon.

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:38:01 +0000

Do you use 15 min icing for letters and just a small tube like a #1?

By: Lisa Snyder

Lisa Snyder — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:21:57 +0000

In reply to Vivian Moye.

It depends on what I’m doing. I start by cutting off a very tiny piece. If it’s not enough I cut a little more until I get it the size I want.

Hope this helps!

By: Vivian Moye

Vivian Moye — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:28:13 +0000

In reply to Lisa. How large do you cut the tip?

By: Lisa Snyder

Lisa Snyder — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:04:14 +0000

In reply to Jana Brown.

Hi Jana,

I love 15-Second Consistency because you can use it to online and flood your cookies. Mixing one consistency is great because that means you get to decorate quicker instead of spending all your time mixing the icing.

However, I do love outline consistency and I find myself using it more often these days. The key to decorating cookies is to find a consistency you like that works for you. If it’s one consistency then go for it. If it’s an outline and a flood consistency they go for it.

Find what you like and you will be comfortable decorating.

By: Jana Brown

Jana Brown — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:10:03 +0000

Why do you only use 15 second icing?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 11:21:24 +0000

In reply to Janet Montgomery.

Hi Janet,

I love The Cookie Countess Piping Bag Tip Clips. It will keep your royal icing in the bag! lol
Here is the link:
https://www.thecookiecountess.com/products/piping-bag-tip-clips?_pos=1&_sid=d46d6a25a&_ss=r

By: Janet Montgomery

Janet Montgomery — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:56:07 +0000

Hi, I am a beginner, only at it for a couple of months. I thought I had the icing consistencies down pat but now your saying that you only use 15 second for both outlining and flooding. My embarrassing question is when you switch between colors, how do you stop the icing from oozing out of your bag when your done with that color? I was having a hard time pointing my tips in the upward position, then tried putting them on a paper towel, they ran out everywhere, what a mess, haha. Then I see these stands that they sell, that’s really confusing to me, I guess I should check that out. Thank you in advance.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 01:14:07 +0000

In reply to Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

I use 15-Second icing consistency for both. Now I use tipless decorating bags most of the time and I don’t cut the tip any larger. I cut the tip once and then I outline and let it dry for a few minutes and then I go back and flood it. The outline holds the flood icing in place so it doesn’t matter what size tip you outline and flood with. You just want to create a border to hold the flood icing on the cookie.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:24:16 +0000

Just wondering, do you use your 15 second icing to outline as well? If so, is the only difference between flood and outline is the tip size?